FACT: The heart is the hardest working muscle in the body. Every day, it creates enough energy to drive a semi-truck over 18 miles (30 kilometers). Over a lifetime, that's equivalent to driving to the moon and back.

In congestive heart malfunction, a chronic condition that requires life management, blood vessels, lungs and other body organs become bombarded with substance. While a nutritious heart pushes blood efficiently through ships and bodily organs, in CHF the heart’s pumping capacity is weakened. Because blood isn’t relocating properly, blood vessels and organs become congested having fluid.